Tritaxia midwayensis (CUSHMAN, 1936)

Ismail, Ahmed A., 2012, Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene benthic foraminifera from Esh El Mallaha area, Egypt, Revue de Paléobiologie 31 (1), pp. 15-50 : 29

Tritaxia midwayensis (CUSHMAN, 1936)

Pl. I, fig. 12

1936. Clavulinoides midwayensis CUSHMAN , p. 21, pl. 3, figs. 9, 15.

1976. Tritaxia midwayensis (CUSHMAN) .- AUBERT & BERGG- REN, p. 411, pl. 1, fig. 16.

Remarks: The test diameter increases rapidly towards the apertural end.

Stratigraphic distribution: It is recorded in the Maastrichtian and Paleocene but its range may be extended to Early Eocene (LE ROY, 1953). In the study area, it is found in the Campanian, Maastrichtian and Paleocene Zones.